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Company Profile for Crossbow Technology.


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Crossbow Technology
This article is about the company. For alternate uses, see Crossbow (disambiguation)


Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBow) is a California-based company with two distinct product lines. One is based on MEMS inertial sensor systems.
, Inc. is a leading supplier of inertial sensor systems, including MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s.  gyro and FOG gyro-based Inertial Measurement Units, AHRS AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System
AHRS Attitude and Heading Reference System
AHRS Attempted Hours (educational transcript)
AHRS Altitude Heading Reference System
AHRS Army Human Resources System
AHRS Automatic Heading Reference System
, and Vertical Gyros This article is about the food dish. For other uses, see Gyro.

Gyros or gyro (Greek: γύρος, "turning") (IPA: [ˈjɪːɹəʊ] 
 for Avionics and stabilization applications. Crossbow crossbow: see bow and arrow.
crossbow

Leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, with a groove to guide the missile and a trigger to release it.
 also produces MEMS accelerometers (single and tri-axial), magnetometers, and tilt sensors (inclinometers), vibration, seismic and other instrumentation sensors. Crossbow manufactures wireless sensor networks and wireless data-loggers based on the "Smart Dust" concept and utilizing UC Berkeley's TinyOS.

   Company:                Crossbow Technology

   Headquarters Address:   41 Daggett Drive
                           San Jose, CA 95134

   Main Telephone:         408-965-3300

   Type of Organization:   Private

   Industry:               Technology

   Key Executives:         CEO: Mike Horton

   Public Relations
     Contact:              Melissa Horton
     Phone:                408-965-3306
     Email:                melissa@xbow.com
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Date:Jan 30, 2004
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